Senior Network Change Officer

Permanent

Grade C - £35,412 - £44,075

Consultation grade - subject to formal evaluation under the Pay Equity Review

Working 36.5 hours per week

Do you have a good working knowledge and understanding of Highways services?

You could help shape the future of the Highway Network!

We are seeking a highly motivated and detail-oriented Senior Network Change Officer to join our Highways and Infrastructure team. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in managing changes to the highway network, ensuring that infrastructure assets are accurately recorded, maintained, and integrated into long-term asset management strategies.

Working within the PFI Contract Services team, you will support the Principal Network Change Officer in coordinating network changes, managing maintenance liabilities, and ensuring that highway assets are effectively transferred and maintained in accordance with contractual requirements and council policies.

About the Role

As a Senior Network Change Officer, you will play a key role in supporting the management of changes to the highway network, ensuring that asset updates, maintenance responsibilities, and associated costs are accurately recorded and managed. The role involves coordinating highway asset changes, facilitating effective information exchange with internal teams, service providers, and developers, and ensuring the smooth transfer of maintenance liabilities.

You will be responsible for maintaining detailed and accurate asset records, supporting payment processes linked to maintenance costs, and providing data and analysis to inform contract performance and decision-making. The role also includes reviewing and contributing to infrastructure proposals and business cases, helping to ensure they are clear, compliant, and deliverable.

Working closely with stakeholders, you will contribute to the long-term planning and asset management of highway infrastructure, support the operation and improvement of network change processes, and help develop effective service arrangements and future contract approaches in line with council policies and objectives

What We're Looking For

We’re looking for a candidate who can demonstrate a sound understanding of highways services, infrastructure changes, and statutory obligations who also has

experience of managing or supporting network/asset change processes and understanding their wider implications
strong communication skills with the ability to coordinate and engage all stakeholders
robust skills in data management, analysis, and maintaining accurate asset and network records
proficiency in the use of IT systems to manage information and support effective decision-making
experience in contract or service management, including performance monitoring and payment mechanisms with the ability to critically review and challenge project proposals and business cases
evidence of driving process improvements and working effectively in a changing environment
good awareness of commercial considerations and asset lifecycle management principles

What we offer in return…

Membership of West Midlands Pension Fund – with generous employer contributions
Enhanced Holiday Entitlement – 30 days, increasing with length of service
My Rewards Scheme – access to 800+ brands providing discounts and savings
Health and wellbeing support – independent and confidential employee assistance and counselling, occupational health

Please upload your up-to-date CV via the attachments part of your application, this is required for shortlisting. Unfortunately, we cannot consider any applications without a CV attached

Please upload an up-to-date CV and Supporting Statement via the attachments part of your application. The Supporting Statement should outline how you meet the criteria for the role through your personal qualities, skills and experience and include your motivation for applying to the post. Note the Personal Statement should be no more than 1500 words. Unfortunately, we cannot consider any applications without a CV and Personal Statement attached.

Job Description and Person Specification

Birmingham City Council is an accredited Disability Confident Leader employer, and we are committed to employing, retaining and developing all of our people.

We want to ensure your recruitment journey with us is a positive and equitable one, so please let us know if there are any reasonable adjustments, additional support, accessibility needs, or if there is any way in which we can support you through your application.

For any informal enquires please contact: Resourcing@birmingham.gov.uk 

A Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check will be undertaken.

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Proof of Right to work in the UK will be required for all applicants in accordance with UK Home Office requirements, before any employment offer can be confirmed.

Sponsorship is not available for this post. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK that does not require employer sponsorship for the duration of the appointment.